Editor's note: The following article was changed from the printed version to correct the commercial rate which is $2.10 per $100 of assessment.
ARICHAT: The Municipality of the County of Richmond approved its 2019-2020...
INVERNESS COUNTY: An Inverness Municipal Councillor and the company running the Port Hawkesbury Airport don’t like what they’re hearing about government money for a new airport in Inverness County.
Andrew Alkenbrack, Cabot
Links general manager,...
ANTIGONISH: A Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
(CCPA) Research Associate says using a public private partnership (P3) model
for the Highway 104 twinning project could potentially end up costing $119.2
million in unnecessary additional costs.
“An examination...
CANSO: The company proposing Canada’s first spaceport
near Canso received approval from the province’s Department of Environment.
Steve Matier, president and CEO of Martime Launch
Services (MLS), plans to build the private, commercial rocket launch site...
PORT HOOD: For the first time in 12 years, Inverness
County taxes are on the rise.
“Over the last month or six weeks, we had three
meetings on budget,” said councillor John MacLennan. “We cut as...
PORT HAWKESBURY: To celebrate pride month, the Town of
Port Hawkesbury raised the pride flag for the very first time in its history.
The striped rainbow flag, which is the latest flag to
be dancing in...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Destination Reeves Street project
received an additional boost from the provincial government as it announced
funding for projects under the beautification and streetscaping program.
Last Friday at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre, Randy
Delorey,...
MELLVILLE:
A 25-year-old Inverness County resident is facing cocaine trafficking charges
after police searched his home last weekend.
On
June 8, Inverness District RCMP and the Inverness/Richmond District RCMP Street
Crime Enforcement Unit made an arrest and searched...
ARICHAT: Council will have staff investigate how to
engage the public in the debate over a mayor versus a warden system.
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond
Municipal Council last night in Arichat, council debated...
ARICHAT: Richmond Municipal Council will meet with a mediator and an advisor to be appointed and paid for by the Department of Municipal Affairs (DMA).
During the regular monthly meeting of council last
night...